Opinion

As of Friday this week, the 10-day countdown to the first day of school has begun. Parents, does that realization fill you with dread, or are you ready for your kids to head back to class on Sept.

Editor: I am not a person who likes to vent in public, but recently, I reached a breaking point.

Editor: This letter is to describe a recent visit to the wastewater treatment plant in Gibsons. We were curious to see the workmanship of Maple Reinders, who built this plant in partnership with Stantec Consulting.

Editor: There is no experience more tragic and compelling than the loss of a child, brother or sister - a family's endless and unbearable burden.

The following letter was sent to the Sunshine Coast Regional District and copied to Coast Reporter. Recently my wife and I hiked into a nearby area to take a look at three old growth trees.

Helicopters and writers do not mix Editor: As I've done for years, I spent last weekend (Aug.

Editor: I appreciate Harold Foster's concern for the follow up arising from my participation in the Fisheries roundtable in July: "just another photo op.

Editor: As a resident and taxpayer of the District of Sechelt, I am concerned at the recent expenditure of public monies on a party and bonuses for exempt staff who received extra duties during the recent municipal strike.

Editor: I am writing on behalf of the Consulting Foresters of BC who live or work for BCTS in the Sunshine Coast area, to express my displeasure at the ongoing tactics being used to delay the auction of timber referred to in the article "BCTS urged t

The news coming out of Japan these days is not good. First, the Japanese government confirmed that the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been leaking an estimated 300 tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean each day.